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Review: 2012 Ford Edge

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Imagine a vehicle with 6-cylinder performance but with fuel efficiency of a 4-cylinder. Imagine a comfortable vehicle that syncs effortlessly with your smartphone, and has the room to carry 5 passengers and luggage. All from a sharp looking mid-sized crossover from Ford: the 2012 Ford Edge.

The Ford Edge, in production since the 2007 model year, recently got a new engine option which we demoed. The EcoBoost engine- an impressive display of power and great fuel economy wrapped into one balanced powerplant that when perched in the Ford Edge net over 30 MPG highway- a hard feat for an SUV.

The Ford Edge is based on the same platform as the popular Ford Fusion, completely separate from the platform of the Ford Explorer. Redesigned...

BUT... I know that turbo chargers have in the past been nothing but trouble. Look at 80 Chryslers, and late 90 VW Passats if you think I make this up.

MAYBE they have fixed these issues, but can you just see some suburban family, not knowing much about cars, not changing oil when it should be, or not doing the maintanance on time, and having the turbo go out before 100,000??!! Or the turbo is on it's last legs, and the family sells it to some unsuspecting fool who then has to deal with a bad turbo.

I'll wait this out until the votes are in if these things will last. ALL my cars go over 200,000 before I'm done with them!

My vehicle still runs good, its paid for, gets decent MPG and I will Not be replacing it with anything else and certainly not with a Ford Edge SUV! I will drive my current vehicle into the ground before buying anything new, used, EV, Inbred, diesel, hydrogen, alternative fuel, CNG, concept or anything else.Whatever the size or shape of the vehicle, Produce and ‘Drive’ vehicles with high MPG, are very safe, reliable, have a ‘reasonable’ cost and a good ‘value’ for the money. Consider using other forms of less expensive transportation to lower your cost.The price of fuel at the pump is too high!12/22/2012

Ford is on a roll with its engineering, for a change a domestic automaker with the right mix of vehicles and tech in the pipe to suit the times - and of course, still deserves kudos for managing its business in hard times so as to not screw their creditors and shareholders by going through bankruptcy.

Just the same, time for a restyle - the big, gaudy three bar chrome grill hasn't aged especially well, or translated well from the original Fusion to larger vehicles.